Goliath Demolition Vehicle vs Soviet SU-85 assault gun #trackedmine #demolition #goliath

Some very optimistic footage of the Leichter Ladungsträger Goliath in use against an obligingly static Soviet SU-85 that is obviously unmanned and in a non-combat situation. 100 kilograms of high explosive is obviously not something any armored vehicle is capable of resisting, but successfully getting the device close enough proved to be very difficult in practice. Over 7,000 Goliaths were produced but the single-use weapon was not considered a success due to high unit cost, low speed (just above 6 kilometres per hour), poor ground clearance of just 12 centimeters, the vulnerable control cable, and thin armor which could not protect the vehicle even from small-arms fire. The Goliath was also too big and heavy to be easily man-portable. The vehicle was steered remotely via a joystick control box. The control box was connected to the Goliath by a 650-metre triple-strand cable. The cable was stored on a cable drum in the rear compartment of the Goliath and used for steering the vehicle left/r